4.4 from 57 votes
Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Chicken Lettuce Wraps are Asian inspired lettuce wraps loaded with bold flavors! This easy appetizer recipe is ready in only 20 minutes!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 290 kcal
Course:
Appetizer
Cuisine:
Asian
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound ground chicken or chicken breast cut into small chunks
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 Tbs minced garlic
- ½ cup yellow onion diced
- ¼ cup hoisin sauce
- 2 TBS oyster sauce
- 2 TBS soy sauce
- 1 TBS rice wine vinegar
- 1 tsp ginger paste
- 1 Tsp red chili paste
- 8 ounce can whole water chestnuts, drained and diced
- 2 green onions thinly sliced
- 1 head butter lettuce
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add ground chicken and season with salt and pepper, or chunked up chicken breasts
- Brown and crumble chicken, about 3-5 minutes, drain fat. Or cook chicken breast chunks, drain fat.
- After draining, return to heat and stir in garlic, onion, hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, ginger, and chili paste and cook until onions have become translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in chestnuts and green onions cooking until tender, about 1-2 minutes;
- Taste and season with salt and pepper, to preference.
- spoon several tablespoons of the chicken mixture into the center of a lettuce leaf and enjoy
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Nutrition Information
Calories
290kcal
(15%)
Carbohydrates
20g
(7%)
Protein
22g
(44%)
Fat
13g
(20%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Cholesterol
98mg
(33%)
Sodium
1103mg
(46%)
Potassium
841mg
(24%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
1410IU
(28%)
Vitamin C
5.4mg
(6%)
Calcium
42mg
(4%)
Iron
2.4mg
(13%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 290
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 290kcal | 15% |
| Carbohydrates | 20g | 7% |
| Protein | 22g | 44% |
| Fat | 13g | 20% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Cholesterol | 98mg | 33% |
| Sodium | 1103mg | 46% |
| Potassium | 841mg | 18% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 1410IU | 28% |
| Vitamin C | 5.4mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 42mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2.4mg | 13% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.